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INSIDE

Brantley Gilbert Tops Enhanced Albums

>page 4

Luke, Zac, Chesney Bowled Over

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Garth Brooks Leads Don Williams Tribute

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Makin’ Tracks: Backstreet’s Back

With FGL >page 17

Stark Report: Crib Notes On WEIO’s

‘Creepy Baby’ >page 18

Country Coda: Lynn Anderson’s

‘Rose Garden’ >page 23

The title to Maren Morris’ album Hero carries a bit of irony. It’s drawn from the chorus of “I Wish I Was,” a song about a real-life breakup in which she had to play the bad guy: “I’m not the hero in the story.”

But little more than a year since Columbia of-ficially released her first single to radio, Morris is filling a hero’s shoes. She and “Humble and Kind” singer-songwriter Lori Mc Kenna are the only country acts nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2017. She won the Country Music As-sociation’s best new artist trophy and sang both her first two hits — “My Church” and “80s Mer-cedes” — on NBC’s prestigious Saturday Night Live. Morris launched her first headlining dates, the Hero Tour, in New York on Feb. 5, and she can see it in the eyes of her fans at meet-and-greets: She has become an icon for many of them already.

“It’s really powerful to me and emotional,” she says. “That’s the whole point is just to bring people together in a really positive way, and laugh together and cry together and just be connected through a simple thing of a few chords. I consider it an honor.”

Her fan base is not the only group in which Morris is a leader these days. Her rise in the business comes as part of a communal wave among artists. She’s romantically linked to RCA singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd; she shared a house for much of 2016 with former American Idol contestant Kree Harrison; she met her producer, busbee (Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum), through

fellow artist Lucie Silvas; and the Hero liner notes are littered with thanks to other acts who gave her a leg up: Urban, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town and Chris and Morgane Stapleton.

Even Morris’ biggest Grammy nomination is something of a team accomplishment. She’s in the running for the all-genre best new artist award alongside Kelsea Ballerini. It’s the first time in history that the Grammys have included two current country artists in that category at the same time (the closest the Recording Acad-emy ever came was in the Feb. 21, 2001, cer-emony when Brad Paisley was a finalist along with winner Shelby Lynne, who was shaking off the country label while working a rock album, I Am Shelby Lynne).

In Morris’ eyes, that link with Ballerini sig-nifies a change that Lynne would appreciate.

“It’s kicking in the door on genre line,” she says. “I don’t listen to music in terms of just

bracketing it in a genre, and I think for two country females to be in that category, I think it’s definitely paving the way for people to listen to country music without bounds and not consider it a separate entity.”

The acts see themselves as friends within that group rather than rivals.

“It’s really easy to get competitive,” allows Ballerini, “but I’m a fan of hers, and she told me that she’s a fan of mine. It’s really cool to be able to root each other on, even though we’re the new

Solo Hero Maren Morris Establishes Her Place In The Larger Group

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girls. And it’s really important to have more than one.”Morris is part of a slow rebalancing act in country. The genre overloaded on

males during the bro-country era — roughly 2012-2015 — and outside of Lam-bert and Carrie Underwood, it was rare to find a solo female inside the top 20. The ascent of Morris and Ballerini helped women regain a tad more promi-nence on country radio, the very medium Morris celebrated in “My Church.”

That song, in particular, represents the multiple influences at work in her music, paying homage to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash in the lyrics while rolling pop-influenced programming elements and the gospel-based McCrary Sisters into the production.

“I grew up listening to a lot of classic country, and I think that shows in my songwriting,” says Morris. “I pay such tribute to the Nashville songwriting craft on my record because that’s just how I’ve learned to write songs. But also soni-cally, there’s a lot of different sounds being represented, so it’s cool to pay tribute to the past but also be optimistic about the future of the genre.”

Similar to Lambert and Stapleton, Morris is working in a space that overlaps between hooky commercial country and the raw Americana format. She per-formed a year ago on the Cayamo Cruise (billed alongside Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Buddy Miller, Jason Isbell and Angaleena Presley), and she heads back out to sea in the 2017 installment of Cayamo in the week after the Grammys. That musical association connects her nicely as well with Sturgill Simpson, whose all-genre album of the year nomination for A Sailor’s Guide to Earth shocked plenty of observers. She opened for him in 2013, when she was still unsigned and he was doing a one-month residency at a small Nashville club, The Basement.

“I just remember thinking back then, ‘Holy crap, this guy’s voice is so good’ — it reminded me so much of Waylon Jennings, and it’s just a really classic voice,” she says. “He’s found a niche and a fan base that really identifies with him, and they’re not just country fans.”

Morris’ own voice is what cemented her working relationship with busbee, who sat next to her at a small, private songwriters round in Nashville.

“Feeling her soulful vocal ability mixed with an incredible accuracy of technique, I’d never heard anyone sing like that,” he says. “I just had to be involved, and that’s what started this whole thing for me, just hearing her do what she does.”

Her Hero journey adds another chapter with the Grammys on Jan. 12. Whether she comes away a winner or remains a four-time nominee, it has brought ad-ditional focus to one of country’s current artist-development successes. Only recently has Morris had a chance to start considering how to follow it up.

“There’s no grace period between album one and album two,” she says. “But I have some time set aside in a couple of months to really sit down and start writ-ing again. There’s a lot of life left in Hero, and a tour, so I’m taking it one day at a time. The songs will come as they come, and I’m excited because I haven’t gotten to be really creative in a while. I’m excited to get back and do what I do and just write a song.”

It’s a big part of how she found her own voice in a bigger community.

Hunter Hayes dropped in at KATM Modesto, Calif., during a West Coast run. From left: KATM morning host DJ Walker, Hayes and KATM PD Andy Winford.

Casey Donahew visited with KFRG Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., personnel when he made a tour stop in Southern California. From left: KFRG PD Lee Douglas, Donahew and KFRG music director Scott Ward.

Brandy Clark sang her Grammy-nominated “Love Can Go to Hell” on the Jan. 31 installment of NBC’s Today. From left: co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, Clark and co-host Hoda Kotb.

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The Devil Don’t Sleep (Valory/Big Machine Label Group), the fourth studio album from Brantley Gilbert, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart (dated Feb. 18), shifting 77,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 66,000 are from traditional album sales, making the set the top-selling album across all genres. Gilbert earns his second No. 1 on the list, following 2014’s Just as I Am.

On the all-genre Billboard 200, Devil launches at No. 2, matching the debut and peak of Just, which arrived with 211,000 copies sold in its first week. Before that, 2010’s Halfway to Heaven marked his breakthrough, peaking at Nos. 2 and 4, respectively, on Top Country Albums and the Billboard 200.

Gilbert had a hand in writing all 16 tracks on the Dann Huff-produced Devil, including lead single “The Weekend,” which hurtles 14-9 to become Gilbert’s fifth top 10 on Hot Country Songs.

Meanwhile, Lauren Alaina’s second full-length, Road Less Travelled (19/Interscope/ Mercury Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), arrives at No. 3 on Top Country Albums (13,000). Wild-f lower, her first proper LP — following two top 10 American Idol collections, after she placed second on the series’ 2011 season — debuted and peaked at No. 2 that October.

On Hot Country Songs, Road’s title-cut lead single, which Alaina wrote with Jesse Frasure and Meghan Trainor, journeys to a new peak (17-12).

‘STAR’ POWER Thomas Rhett racks his seventh Country Airplay No. 1, as “Star of the Show” (Valory) rises 2-1 (42.5 million, up 1 percent). The song, which Rhett wrote with his father, Rhett Akins, and Ben Hayslip, is the fifth and final planned single from his album Tangled Up. It follows the No. 1s “Crash and Burn” (Sept. 26, 2015, one week), “Die a Happy Man” (Jan. 2, 2016, six weeks) and “T-Shirt” (June 18, one week). (Fourth single “Vacation” hit No. 30 in September 2016.)

“I can’t believe [“Star of the Show”] is my seventh No. 1,” Rhett tells Billboard. “It’s the perfect way to close out Tangled Up. This one is particularly special, as it’s the first No. 1 that my dad and I wrote together, so it means a lot to both of us.”

Although “Star” is the first No. 1 that Rhett co-wrote with Akins, his dad co-penned (with other writers) his first two leaders: “It Goes Like This” (2013) and

“Get Me Some of That” (2014).

HE’S ‘BACK’ “Body Like a Back Road” (MCA Nashville), the first single from Sam Hunt’s up-coming album, marks his highest debut on Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay and Country Digital Song Sales.

The track bounds in at No. 2 on Hot Country Songs, besting the No. 16 entrance of “Drinkin’ Too Much” on the Jan. 28-dated chart.

With its No. 21 start on Country Airplay (12.7 million in audience), “Body” is easily Hunt’s high-est arrival. Previously, his debut single, “Leave the Night On,” was his strongest, beginning at No. 53 before becoming his first of four No. 1s.

On Country Digital Song Sales, “Body” bows at the summit, selling 53,000 downloads in its first week. Before that, Hunt had entered at a No. 3 high with “Drinkin’ Too Much” (26,000, Jan. 28). He notches his third Country Digital Song Sales leader, following “Take Your Time” (12 weeks) and “House Party” (three), both in 2015.

‘OLD’ IS NEW Zac Brown Band’s “My Old Man” (Southern Ground/Elektra/Warner Atlantic Reprise) jumps aboard Country Airplay at No. 26, with 7.9 million in audience. On Hot Country Songs, it begins at No. 49.

The acoustic-driven song previews the band’s May 12 studio album Welcome Home, produced by Dave Cobb.

“Man” arrives as the second-highest debut of the band’s 21 Country Airplay appearances, trailing only “Homegrown,” which debuted at No. 23 (Jan. 23, 2015). It went on to become ZBB’s 11th of 13 No. 1s to date.

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CHART TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistAUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS

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l1 2 19 STAR OF THE SHOW Valory HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Thomas Rhett 42.524 +0.199 7974 21 1

2 1 19 A GUY WITH A GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 39.789 -5.742 6685 -1523 4

l3 3 33 SEEIN’ RED Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 39.528 +2.357 7495 420 2

l4 4 16 BETTER MAN Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 37.465 +2.305 7046 249 3

l5 5 35 SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT RCA Nashville Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill 33.655 +1.003 6572 154 5

l6 6 49 IF THE BOOT FITS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 32.700 +2.471 6421 304 6

l7 7 18 TODAY Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 31.489 +1.934 6073 593 7

l8 8 42 THINK A LITTLE LESS Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 29.674 +1.894 5777 459 8

l9 9 20 DIRT ON MY BOOTS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 28.576 +2.187 5482 437 9

l10 10 24 KILL A WORD EMI Nashville Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens 25.343 -0.133 4970 55 10

l11 11 10 FAST Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 25.182 +0.154 4753 64 12

12 12 33 80S MERCEDES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 23.462 -0.129 4895 -29 11

l13 13 25 ROAD LESS TRAVELED 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina 22.384 +1.476 4424 236 13

l14 15 11 ANY OL’ BARSTOOL Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 19.186 +1.471 3857 361 15

l15 14 29 THE WEEKEND Valory Brantley Gilbert 18.143 +0.019 3943 13 14

l16 16 18 YEAH BOY Black River Kelsea Ballerini 15.491 +0.435 3251 133 18

l17 17 17 BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE Pearl Garth Brooks 15.055 +0.238 3252 39 17

l18 18 36 HOMETOWN GIRL MCA Nashville Josh Turner 14.655 +1.672 3407 253 16

l19 19 8 BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville HH Airpower H Kenny Chesney 13.559 +0.911 2898 283 20

l20 20 50 MAKE YOU MINE Atlantic/WEA High Valley 13.400 +0.767 3018 126 19

l21 NEW BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Sam Hunt 12.727 +12.727 1827 1827 28

l22 21 40 HOLDIN’ HER Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 10.913 +0.182 2822 93 21

l23 22 13 BLACK Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 10.797 +0.315 2570 84 22

l24 23 29 THERE’S A GIRL 19/Republic/Dot Trent Harmon 10.274 +0.304 2510 70 23

l25 25 29 IF I TOLD YOU Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 8.374 +0.937 2193 184 25

l26 NEW MY OLD MAN Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR HH Breaker H Zac Brown Band 7.880 +7.880 1141 1141 38

l27 24 43 OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Red Bow Craig Campbell 7.859 +0.147 2310 151 24

l28 26 12 WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 7.542 +0.273 1665 46 29

l29 27 19 HOW NOT TO Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 7.498 +0.240 1891 100 27

l30 30 5 YOURS IF YOU WANT IT Big Machine Rascal Flatts 7.087 +1.493 1518 287 30

Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 151 STATIONSAlbany, N.Y. WGNAAlbuquerque, N.M. KBQI KRSTAllentown, Pa. WCTOAtlanta WKHX WUBLAugusta, Ga. WKXCAustin, Texas KASEBakersfield, Calif. KUZZBaltimore WPOCBaton Rouge, La. WYNKBirmingham, Ala. WDXB WZZKBoise, Idaho KAWO KIZNBoston WBWL WKLBBuffalo, N.Y. WYRKCharleston, S.C. WCKN WEZLCharlotte, N.C. WKKT WSOCChattanooga, Tenn. WUSYChicago WEBG WUSNCincinnati WUBECleveland WGARColorado Springs, Colo. KATCColumbia, S.C. WCOSColumbus, Ohio WCOLCorpus Christi, Texas KRYSDallas KPLX KSCSDenver KWOF KYGODes Moines, Iowa KHKI KJJY

Detroit WYCDEl Paso, Texas KHEYFt. Myers, Fla. WCKT WWGRFt. Wayne, Ind. WQHKFresno, Calif. KSKSGainesville, Fla. WOGKGrand Rapids, Mich. WBCTGreensboro, N.C. WPAW WTQRGreenville, S.C. WESC WSSLHarrisburg, Pa. WRBTHartford, Conn. WWYZHouston KILT KKBQHuntsville, Ala. WDRMIndianapolis WFMS WLHKJacksonville, Fla. WGNE WQIKJohnson City, Tenn. WXBQKansas City KBEQ WDAF KFKFKnoxville, Tenn. WCYQ WIVKLafayette, La. KMDLLakeland, Fla. WPCVLas Vegas KCYE KWNRLexington, Ky. WBULLittle Rock, Ark. KSSNLos Angeles KKGOLouisville, Ky. WAMZ WQNUMadison, Wis. WWQMMcAllen, Texas KTEX

Memphis WGKX WLFPMiami WKISMilwaukee WMILMinneapolis KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKMonterey, Calif.. KTOMNashville WKDF WSIX WSM-FMNassau, N.Y. WJVCNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNOENew York WNSHNorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGI WPGBPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJProvidence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, N.C. WNCB WQDRRichmond, Va. WKHKRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLC

Rochester, N.Y. WBEESacramento, Calif. KBEB KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KEGA KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTY KSJOSanta Rosa, Calif. KFGYSarasota, Fla. WCTQSeattle KKWF KMPSShreveport, La. KXKSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WRNXSpringfield, Mo. KTTSStockton, Calif. KATMSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTucson, Ariz. KIIMTulsa, Okla. KTGX KVOO KWENVisalia, Calif. KJUGWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDI KZSNWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY

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THIS WEEK

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CHART TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistAUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS

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l31 31 3 YOU LOOK GOOD Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 6.919 +1.682 1471 302 31

l32 32 16 HURRICANE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 6.556 +1.803 1401 329 32

l33 28 36 LIPSTICK Wheelhouse Runaway June 6.520 -0.194 1920 18 26

34 29 26 LOVE TRIANGLE Warner Bros./WMN RaeLynn 5.560 -0.080 1292 -3 35

l35 36 4 FLATLINER Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 4.638 +1.010 980 210 42

l36 38 4 GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME BMLG Florida Georgia Line Featuring Backstreet Boys 4.465 +1.197 916 275 43

l37 33 15 SOMEBODY ELSE WILL Valory Justin Moore 4.379 +0.280 1319 66 34

l38 34 9 IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW BMLG Brett Young 4.355 +0.421 1195 210 37

l39 37 23 MY GIRL Curb Dylan Scott 3.732 +0.219 1274 67 36

l40 35 39 ROOTS Stoney Creek Parmalee 3.665 +0.018 1344 35 33

l41 39 16 IF HE AIN’T GONNA LOVE YOU RCA Nashville Jake Owen 3.616 +0.427 1099 146 40

l42 40 18 FOR HER Big Loud Chris Lane 3.221 +0.285 1141 138 39

l43 42 4 IT AIN’T MY FAULT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.860 +0.469 899 163 44

44 41 12 RING ON EVERY FINGER Reviver LOCASH 2.484 -0.093 721 31 46

l45 43 24 ROOM TO BREATHE Red Bow Chase Bryant 2.364 +0.010 1018 -13 41

l46 44 11 DO I MAKE YOU WANNA Mercury Billy Currington 2.226 +0.020 724 37 45

l47 46 14 YESTERDAY’S SONG Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 1.974 +0.209 666 5 47

48 45 15 THE WAY I TALK Big Loud Morgan Wallen 1.718 -0.083 565 15 50

49 47 10 MISSING Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 1.556 -0.087 429 -9 53

l50 52 7 MAKIN’ ME LOOK GOOD AGAIN Dot Drake White 1.530 +0.316 546 63 52

51 48 11 WITH YOU I AM CoJo Cody Johnson 1.379 -0.098 152 -3 -

l52 56 2 A GIRL LIKE YOU Mercury Easton Corbin 1.359 +0.497 399 206 54

l53 50 7 MOMMA AND JESUS Dot HH Breaker H Tucker Beathard 1.352 +0.016 575 20 49

54 49 5 OUTTA STYLE BIG Label Aaron Watson 1.340 -0.086 141 -4 -

l55 53 5 WOKE UP IN NASHVILLE Arista Nashville HH Breaker H Seth Ennis 1.123 +0.051 639 25 48

l56 54 11 PUT A LABEL ON IT BMLG Ryan Follese 1.022 +0.049 334 -17 56

l57 55 3 REBOUND Cold River/New Revolution Drew Baldridge Featuring Emily Weisband 0.901 +0.026 563 23 51

l58 57 11 CANDYLAND Curb Love And Theft 0.820 +0.038 254 -10 58

l59 58 2 GETTING OVER YOU Broken Bow Jackie Lee 0.801 +0.064 358 27 55

l60 60 2 DRINKIN’ PROBLEM Big Machine Midland 0.777 +0.173 155 44 60

Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

2/13

BROOKE EDEN Act Like You Don’t Red Bow

CASH CREEK The Hard Way Heartland Nashville

FRANKIE BALLARD You’ll Accomp’ny Me Warner Bros./WAR

OLIVIA DVORAK Don’t Come Knocking Spin Doctors

2/20

BLAKE SHELTON Every Time I Hear That Song Warner Bros./WMN

KIM MCABEE Journey On Soigne

2/27

MIDLAND Drinkin’ Problem Big Machine

GOING FOR ADDS

The fourth single from the duo’s debut album, Pawn Shop, increases by 20 percent

to 2.9 million in audience as it bullets at No. 43 on Country Airplay. It also gains by

43 percent to 5,000 downloads sold.

43B R O T H E R S O S B O R N E

It Ain’t My Fault

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSBODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 80MY OLD MAN Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR Zac Brown Band 63IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW BMLG Brett Young 25FLATLINER Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 16YOURS IF YOU WANT IT Big Machine Rascal Flatts 15IT AIN’T MY FAULT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 15GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME BMLG Florida Georgia Line Feat. Backstreet Boys 15A GIRL LIKE YOU Mercury Easton Corbin 13YOU LOOK GOOD Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 12FOR HER Big Loud Chris Lane 12

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINBODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +1827MY OLD MAN Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR Zac Brown Band +1141TODAY Arista Nashville Brad Paisley +593THINK A LITTLE LESS Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray +459DIRT ON MY BOOTS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +437SEEIN’ RED Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +420ANY OL’ BARSTOOL Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +361HURRICANE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +329IF THE BOOT FITS Wheelhouse Granger Smith +304YOU LOOK GOOD Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum +302

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCETITLE Imprint/Label Artist

GAIN(IN MIILIONS)

BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +12.727MY OLD MAN Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR Zac Brown Band +7.880IF THE BOOT FITS Wheelhouse Granger Smith +2.470SEEIN’ RED Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +2.357BETTER MAN Capitol Nashville Little Big Town +2.305DIRT ON MY BOOTS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +2.187TODAY Arista Nashville Brad Paisley +1.934THINK A LITTLE LESS Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray +1.894HURRICANE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.803YOU LOOK GOOD Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum +1.682

AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCOREGross Artist AttendanceTicket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s)

$700,273 KEITH URBAN 7,575 TEG LIVE$119, $67.37 ICC Theatre, Sydney/Dec. 14 7,588

$620,252 TIM MCGRAW 6,372 IN-HOUSE$130, $79.50 MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas/Dec. 10 8,773

$612,289 DOLLY PARTON 6,699 AEG LIVE, REH PRESENTS$129.50, $49.50 Amalie Arena, Tampa/Nov. 26 sellout

$551,787 DOLLY PARTON 6,581 AEG LIVE$124.50, $49.50 Pensacola (Fla.) Bay Center/Nov. 29 sellout

$466,102 DIERKS BENTLEY 8,328 LIVE NATION$61.19, $38.39 Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario/Jan. 29 8,489

Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).

TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2017, Texas Regional Radio Report

THIS WEEK

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TW SPINS

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l1 3 12 OUTTA STYLE (BIG) HH 1 week at 1 HH Aaron Watson 1838 128

l2 2 22 FROM WHERE I’M STANDING (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1753 28

l3 5 12 TEQUILA EYES (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1667 118

l4 6 14 LIVE IT WHILE YOU GOT IT (Pretty Damn Tough) Josh Abbott Band 1553 65

l5 8 14 13 YEARS (Independent) Sundance Head 1478 75

6 4 18 TEXAS FOREVER (Independent) Kevin Fowler 1448 -242

l7 12 17 NEW HOMETOWN (Independent) Mike Ryan 1443 197

8 7 20 OLD FASHIONED (Bill Grease) William Clark Green 1329 -143

9 1 22 SECOND HAND SMOKE (Independent) Jamie Richards 1302 -497

l10 11 12 HOMESICK CRAZY (Independent) Matt Kimbrow 1295 19

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11 10 26 THE RIDE (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1235 -76

l12 13 18 JULY (Independent) Dalton Domino 1186 65

l13 14 18 COME AS YOU ARE (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 1161 64

l14 16 18 HARD LIVIN’ ILLENE (Independent) Randall King feat. Cleto Cordero 1125 145

l15 17 25 SHADOW OF A BROKEN HEART (Red Dirt Legend) Brandon Jenkins 1022 65

l16 15 13 RUNAWAY TRAIN (Independent) Shane Smith & The Saints 1021 33

l17 22 6 FOREVER TODAY (Independent) Reckless Kelly 1018 177

18 9 18 BROKEN HEART (Independent) Josh Ward 1011 -351

l19 19 23 SHOULD’VE BEEN MINE (Independent) TJ Broscoff 975 87

l20 20 11 BRIDGE (Independent) Mark McKinney 959 82

RECURRENTSTHIS

WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL AUD.

(IN MILLIONS)1 WANNA BE THAT SONG Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 23.951

2 MAY WE ALL BMLG Florida Georgia Line Feat. Tim McGraw 23.342

3 BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 21.883

4 DIRTY LAUNDRY 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 21.186

5 SLEEP WITHOUT YOU BMLG Brett Young 17.165

6 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Mercury Billy Currington 16.618

7 SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME RCA Nashville Old Dominion 15.041

8 MIDDLE OF A MEMORY Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 13.196

9 MOVE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 12.715

10 I KNOW SOMEBODY Reviver LOCASH 11.568

Country AirplayNEW AND ACTIVE

TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL

AUDIENCETOTAL

STATIONS ADDSKISS ME Almost Country/Thirty Tigers Casey Donahew 0.723 10 1

OWN IT 300/WAR Bailey Bryan 0.707 10 4

MORE GIRLS LIKE YOU MCA Nashville Kip Moore 0.685 6 6

CLOSE Warner Bros./WEA Ryan Kinder 0.615 26 3

JUST A PHASE Stoney Creek Adam Craig 0.478 7 3

YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Monument Walker Hayes 0.445 0 0

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SUPER BOWL AFFIRMS COUNTRY’S PLACELady Gaga may have owned the longest stretch of time with her halftime show at Super Bowl LI, but country subtly asserted its cultural relevance in numerous ways.

Luke Bryan’s a cappella version of the national anthem was a bold move with a song that’s widely recognized as a challenge. Bryan found a key that worked and delivered it in a classic manner, saving the bulk of the embel-lishments for the end and effectively deflecting most potential criticisms. Given the increasing attention that has been placed upon “The Star-Spangled Banner” since Colin Kaepernick stopped standing for it, that’s significant.

Bryan was hardly alone in the flurry surrounding the NFL’s marquee match. Fox TV cameras spotted Kenny Chesney several times in a luxury box with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Zac Brown Band introduced new single “My Old Man” during the pre-game show, one day before Elektra officially released it to radio on Feb. 7.

Additional acts got mileage out of their Super Bowl affiliations. Lady An-tebellum and Tyler Farr played a pre-game show that was part of a larger ex-perience that cost as much as $12,000 for a ticket. The Band Perry, Scotty McCreery and Taylor Swift — whose Feb. 4 concert included her first live performance of “Better Man,” the hit she wrote for Little Big Town — were also featured in well-publicized events on Feb. 4. And Kane Brown had brief face time in the Jan. 31 CBS special Super Bowl Greatest Commercials.

MOVERS AND SHAKERSThe Academy of Country Music recognized 11 broadcast outlets twice when it announced finalists for its annual Radio Awards on Feb. 1. Double nominees, represented in the radio station and on-air personality of the year categories, were major-market KMLE Phoenix and WKKT and WSOC Charlotte, N.C.; large-market WUBE Cincinnati, WSM-FM Nashville and WQDR Raleigh, N.C.; small-market WCOW Sparta, Wis., and KCLR Columbia, Mo.; and medium-market WIVK Knoxville, Tenn.; KUZZ Bakersfield, Calif.; and KXKT Omaha, Neb. Go here for the full broadcast nominations list … Entercom and CBS Radio announced a merger that gives Entercom 244 total stations nationwide, with Entercom president/CEO David J. Field overseeing the enterprise. The corporation has 20 country stations, including WUSN Chicago, KSON San Diego and KMPS and KKWF Seattle. Meanwhile, the chain has openings for an assistant PD-music director at several of its country stations. Send materials to Entercom/Portland vp programming Mike Moore here … iHeartMedia/Des Moines, Iowa, launched country KDRB-HD2 at 96.9 FM, replacing an adult hits format on the dial. The Bobby Bones Show will cover mornings … Classic country WBRF Galax, Va., parted ways with Sherry Boyd, Bluegrass Today re-ported. Boyd had hosted a Monday-night shift and served as a sales associate for five years … Cumulus appointed two executives who will have oversight of country signals in the central United States, according to InsideRadio.com. Cody Welling is the new Shreveport-Bossier City, La., vp-market manager, transferring from his role as Toledo, Ohio, director of sales. Shreveport’s five signals include country KRMD. Chris Monk becomes a regional vp for nine

stations in Saginaw and Flint, Mich., including country WFBE Flint. Monk had been Adams Radio/Fort Wayne, Ind., vp-market manager … Mike Saffer joins iHeartMedia/Tucson, Ariz., according to InsideRadio.com, overseeing seven stations, including country KYWD. He was Clear Channel Outdoor/Tucson vp sales … KNTY Sacramento, Calif., assistant PD-music director Mike Allen is leaving for an as-yet-unnamed post, Talkers.com reported. He’ll continue to host United Stations’ 25 Years of Hits … Brazos Valley hired Shalayna Va-lencia as regional director of events and digital for its stations in two Texas markets, according to Talkers.com: country outlets KHKX Midland-Odessa and KORA Bryan-College Station. Valencia was most recently Townsquare/Midland-Odessa market president.

’ROUND THE ROWBen Vaughn was promoted to Warner/Chappell Nash-ville president from executive vp, a title he has held for five years … Big Machine Label Group senior vp sales, marketing and interactive Kelly Rich concludes a 10-year tenure with the company in February to take a yet-to-be-revealed post. Reach her here after Feb. 14. BMLG plans to hire an exec with at least three years’ sales account experience. Apply here … BMLG has partnered with Toronto-based Bell Media to develop an international music-focused TV project … Thirty Tigers enacted seven new hires and promotions. Na-than Nicholson joins as head of creative for the pub-lishing wing, following a run as Ten Ten Music vp creative. Jay Steele comes aboard with the management division as day-to-day manager for Jason Isbell, John Moreland and St. Paul & The Broken Bones, building on a background that includes management and journalism. Steele will be assisted by Thomas Young, who is in his last semester at Middle Tennessee State University. Rounding out the promotions are vp digital strategy Robert Knotts, formerly director of digital sales; senior project managers Thomas Flood and Zach Bevill, upped from project manager; and di-rector of operations Christopher Dornbusch, previ-ously special projects manager … Borman Entertain-ment promoted two members of its digital team: Lucia Kaminsky rises to head of digital from director, while Sarah D’Hilly is elevated to director of digital market-ing from fan engagement manager. Reach Kaminsky here and D’Hilly here … Nashville entertainment attorney Noah McPike joined the Music Row office of Dickinson Wright. Reach him here … Developing art-ist Hudson Moore signed a management deal with Pennington Entertain-

ment … Valory signed six-piece band Delta Rae to the artist ros-ter. Singer-songwriter Levi Hum-mon is no longer with the label … Trio Temecula Road inked a re-cording deal with Disney’s Buena Vista label. First single “What If I Kissed You” is due Feb. 17 … Lari White enlisted Absolute Public-ity for media … Leadership Music is accepting applications for its next eight-month program, which begins in October. Apply here through Feb. 28 … Skyville Live won Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards in the audio and director/ program categories … The three-hour Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony will stream live on Feb. 12 beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET at grammy.com. Roughly 70 trophies are announced during that event, including the bulk of the country honors.

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Luke Combs locked in with WDXB Birmingham, Ala., staff when he played Iron City on Jan. 28. He’s clutching WDXB morning host “Dollar Bill” Lawson (left) and PD Tom Hanrahan.

VAUGHN

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Luke Bryan joined Westwood One Sports host Scott Graham Feb. 2 to promote his national anthem performance at the Super Bowl Feb. 5.

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MUSIC NOTESWhen Keith Urban and Carrie Un-derwood’s names were repeatedly paired in promotion of the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards, it seemed likely that the two would use the platform for their duet “The Fighter.” Indeed, that song has now been officially con-firmed as one of the titles set for the CBS telecast, an ideal way to expose it following its Feb. 6 release to radio via PlayMPE. Urban used an Under-wood video to create a high-tech duet of the song during his tour, and they sang it live for the first time on Dec. 3 in New Zealand. It’s the fifth single from Riptide, a Grammy nominee for best country album.

Country Music Hall of Fame member Don Williams built his reputation on a smooth vocal presence and an uncanny ear for great songs. His musical understanding is at the heart of a forthcoming tribute album, Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams, due May 26 on Slate Creek. Expected highlights include Pistol Annies’ “Tulsa Time,” Chris and Morgane Stapleton’s “Amanda,” Keb’ Mo’s “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good” and Garth Brooks’ “Good Ole Boys Like Me.” The project is produced by Garth Fundis (Keith Whitley, Trisha Yearwood), Williams’ longtime producer-engineer.

Did you miss Eric Church’s 2016 performance at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival? The show has been captured in the new virtual-reality for-mat by vantage.tv, a tech company that’s partnered with a number of live events. Shot with an eight-camera setup, Church’s Stagecoach concert can be relived in 180- and 360-degree views on several different platforms. It’s reportedly the first concert available on demand in the VR format.

The Grand Ole Opry broadcasts from the Country Radio Seminar for a fifth straight year when the WSM-AM Nashville radio show emanates from the Omni Nashville on Feb. 22. CRS registrants get in free for the performance, which will feature Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum, Trace Adkins, Crystal Gayle, LoCash, Cam, Michael Ray, Chris Lane, Carly Pearce and Dailey & Vincent.

The RIAA presented Lee Brice with a plaque celebrating the double-platinum certification of “I Don’t Dance” when he performed Feb. 3 in Fairfax, Va. From left: Brice and RIAA executive vp communications and marketing Jonathan Lamy and vp communications Cara Duckworth Weiblinger. (Photo: Daniel Swartz/Revamp.com)

ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Feb. 6 • 2014 — Garth Brooks performs “The Dance”

and “Friends in Low Places” as Jay Leno hosts NBC’s The Tonight Show for the last time.

• 1980 — George Jones records “He Stopped Loving Her Today” at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, then bets producer Billy Sherrill that the record won’t go to No. 1.

Feb. 7 • 2010 — Carrie Underwood sings the national anthem at the Super

Bowl, a 31-17 New Orleans Saints win over the Indianapolis Colts at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. In the crowd: Heidi Newfield, Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffett and Joe Don Rooney.

• 1995 — Mercury releases Shania Twain’s album The Woman in Me.

Feb. 8 • 2004 — Johnny Cash at San Quentin, Glen Campbell’s “By the Time

I Get to Phoenix” and Floyd Cramer’s “Last Date” are inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

• 2002 — Dixie Chicks perform “Ready to Run” and “Orange Blossom Special” at the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Feb. 9 • 2015 — Warner Bros. releases Dan + Shay’s “Nothin’ Like You”

to radio.

Feb. 10 • 2007 — Keith Urban performs “Stupid Boy” and “Once in a Lifetime”

as the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Feb. 11 • 1967 — Loretta Lynn makes her first appearance at No. 1 in Billboard

with “Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind).”

Feb. 12 • 2016 — Willie Nelson has a cameo as the Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson

movie Zoolander 2 debuts in theaters. • 2012 — Taylor Swift’s “Mean” wins two trophies — best country song

and best country solo performance — during the 54th annual Grammy Awards, aired on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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Hot Country SongsSALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK

TWO WEEKS

AGOWKS ON CHART

TITLE Artist PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL CERTIFIED

PEAK POSITION

l1 1 2 16 BETTER MAN HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Little Big Town J.JOYCE (T.SWIFT) CAPITOL NASHVILLE

1

l2 NEW 1 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD HH Hot Shot Debut HH Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) MCA NASHVILLE

2

3 2 1 26 BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR Keith Urban D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.L.OLSEN,H.LINDSEY,C.LAGERBERG) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 1

l4 4 5 20 DIRT ON MY BOOTS Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4

l5 5 4 18 STAR OF THE SHOW Thomas Rhett JOE LONDON,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP) VALORY 4

6 3 3 18 A GUY WITH A GIRL Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,B.SIMPSON) WARNER BROS./WMN 3

l7 6 9 32 SEEIN’ RED HH Airplay Gainer HH Dustin Lynch M.J.CONES (T.KENNEDY,K.ALLISON,S.BOGARD,J.SEVER) BROKEN BOW

6

8 8 12 19 THINK A LITTLE LESS Michael Ray S.HENDRICKS (J.M.NITE,THOMAS RHETT,BARY DEAN,J.ROBBINS) ATLANTIC/WEA 8

l9 14 14 28 THE WEEKEND Brantley Gilbert D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,A.DEROBERTS) VALORY 9

10 9 11 34 SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,B.WARREN,B.WARREN) RCA NASHVILLE 9

11 11 10 21 KILL A WORD Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,L.DICK) EMI NASHVILLE 10

l12 17 21 23 ROAD LESS TRAVELED Lauren Alaina BUSBEE (LAUREN ALAINA,J.FRASURE,M.TRAINOR) 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY 12

13 12 15 18 TODAY Brad Paisley L.WOOTEN (B.PAISLEY,C.DUBOIS,A.GORLEY) ARISTA NASHVILLE 12

l14 15 18 29 IF THE BOOT FITS Granger Smith G.SMITH,F.ROGERS (J.M.SCHMIDT,A.ALBERT,M.TENPENNY) WHEELHOUSE 14

l15 16 19 10 FAST Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15

16 13 13 35 80S MERCEDES Maren Morris BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 11

17 10 6 23 DIRTY LAUNDRY Carrie Underwood J.JOYCE (Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 3

l18 19 22 9 ANY OL’ BARSTOOL Jason Aldean M.KNOX (J.THOMPSON,D.RUTTAN) MACON/BROKEN BOW 18

19 18 17 13 BLACK Dierks Bentley R. COPPERMAN (D.BENTLEY,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17

l20 25 27 22 IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,T.REEVE,K.SCHILENGER,T.TOMLINSON) BMLG 20

l21 21 23 17 YEAH BOY Kelsea Ballerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,K.TIMMER) BLACK RIVER 21

l22 24 25 22 HOMETOWN GIRL Josh Turner K.GREENBERG (M.BEESON,D.TASHIAN) MCA NASHVILLE 22

23 20 16 25 TENNESSEE WHISKEY Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (D.DILLON,LINDA HARGROVE) MERCURY 1 1

l24 28 26 23 HURRICANE Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.PHILLIPS,T.ARCHER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 24

l25 49 — 2 BACK TO GOD HH Digital & Streaming Gainer HH Reba McEntire R.MCENTIRE,D.SISEMORE (D.DAVIDSON,R.HOUSER) ROCKIN’ R/NASH ICON

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Hot Country Songs

Written by J.T. Harding , Aimee Mayo and David Lee Murphy , the third single from Cosmic Hallelujah bullets at No. 30

on Hot Country Songs. It jumps by 7 percent to 13.6 million in audience, as it holds at

No. 19 on Country Airplay, and by 11 percent to 1.6 million U.S. streams.

30K E N N Y

C H E S N E YBar at the

End of the World

The duet marks the couple’s sixth charted collab on Hot Country Songs and first since 2014’s No. 7-peaking

“Meanwhile Back at Mama’s.” “Eyes” enters at No. 44 with first-week sales of 8,000.

It’s from the soundtrack to The Shack, due March 3, the same day the film opens.

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F A I T H H I L LKeep Your Eyes

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For week ending February 2, 2017. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com

The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

Hot Country Songs

ALBUMSDIGITAL

ALBUMS*DIGITAL TRACKS

This Week 373,000 191,000 1,316,000

Last Week 284,000 93,000 1,254,000

Change 31.3% 105.4% 4.9%

This Week Last Year 387,000 131,000 1,604,000

Change -3.6% 45.8% -18.0%

*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.

Weekly Unit SalesYear-Over-Year Album Sales2015 2017 CHANGE

Albums 1,935,000 1,617,000 -16.4%

Digital Tracks 8,713,000 6,709,000 -23.0%

YEAR-TO-DATE

Overall Unit Sales

2015 2017 CHANGE

Physical 1,194,000 1,067,000 -10.6%

Digital 741,000 550,000 -25.8%

Sales by Album Format

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l26 27 24 32 MAKE YOU MINE High Valley S.MOSLEY (B.REMPEL,S.MOSLEY,B.STENNIS) ATLANTIC/WEA 21

27 26 30 23 HOLDIN’ HER Chris Janson B.GALLIMORE (C.JANSON,J.OTTO) WARNER BROS./WAR 26

28 22 41 3 YOU LOOK GOOD Lady Antebellum BUSBEE (H.LINDSEY,R.HURD,BUSBEE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 22

29 23 40 11 FOR HER Chris Lane J.MOI (M.DRAGSTREM,K.ARCHER,S.BUXTON) BIG LOUD 23

l30 29 34 4 BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (J.T.HARDING,A.MAYO,D.L.MURPHY) BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 29

l31 31 31 25 IF I TOLD YOU Darius Rucker R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE,S.MCANALLY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 25

l32 30 32 17 HOW NOT TO Dan + Shay D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (A.HAMBRICK,P.DIGIOVANNI,K.BARD) WARNER BROS./WAR 30

l33 32 38 17 BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE Garth Brooks M.A.MILLER (K.BLAZY,S.DORFF,V.SHAW,K.WILLIAMS,G.BROOKS) PEARL 32

l34 37 37 4 YOURS IF YOU WANT IT Rascal Flatts RASCAL FLATTS (A.DORFF,J.SINGLETON) BIG MACHINE 29

35 33 29 23 THERE’S A GIRL Trent Harmon J.ROBBINS (T.HARMON,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) 19/REPUBLIC/DOT 29

l36 34 33 26 MY GIRL Dylan Scott M.ALDERMAN,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,J.KERR) CURB 30

l37 36 36 12 WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS Miranda Lambert F.LIDDELL,G.WORF,E.MASSE (M.LAMBERT) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 36

38 35 35 24 LOVE TRIANGLE RaeLynn N.GALYON,J.ROBBINS (N.GALYON,J.ROBBINS,RAELYNN) WARNER BROS./WMN 30

l39 38 39 19 OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Craig Campbell M.J.CONES (C.CAMPBELL,D.TURNBULL) RED BOW 38

l40 41 42 7 GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME Florida Georgia Line Featuring Backstreet Boys J.MOI (J.KEAR,H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON) BMLG 28

l41 44 48 5 FLATLINER Cole Swindell M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.BRONLEEWE,J.BOYER) WARNER BROS./WMN 36

l42 40 28 4 DRINKIN’ TOO MUCH Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL (S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY,Z.CROWELL,S.K.HINE) MCA NASHVILLE 16

43 39 43 6 LIPSTICK Runaway June M.J.CONES (J.WAYNE,N.COOKE,H.MULHOLLAND,C.HOBBY,E. HOFFMAN,R.L.HOWARD) WHEELHOUSE 39

l44 NEW 1 KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME Tim McGraw & Faith Hill B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (T.MCGRAW,F.HILL,S.MCANALLY,L.MCKENNA) ATLANTIC 44

l45 42 47 3 SOMEBODY ELSE WILL Justin Moore S.BORCHETTA,J.S.STOVER (K.ARCHER,A.HAMBRICK,T.OTTOH) VALORY 42

l46 43 44 9 WHAT IFS Kane Brown Featuring Lauren Alaina D.HUFF (K.BROWN,M.MCGINN,J.M.SCHMIDT) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 37

l47 47 — 2 IT AIN’T MY FAULT Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,L.T.MILLER) EMI NASHVILLE 47

l48 46 — 2 DO I MAKE YOU WANNA Billy Currington D.HUFF (A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL,M.JENKINS,J.FLOWERS) MERCURY 46

l49 NEW 1 MY OLD MAN Zac Brown Band NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) SOUTHERN GROUND/ELEKTRA/WAR 49

50 45 — 3 ROOTS Parmalee NV (J.MULLINS,B.STENNIS,W.B.BOLLINGER) STONEY CREEK 45

ALBUM SALES

’17

’16

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’17

’16

1.9 million

000.0 million

’15

’14

6.7 million

8.7 million

1.6 million

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l1 NEW BODY LIKE A BACK ROADSAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

2 1 16 BETTER MANLITTLE BIG TOWN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

l3 3 19 DIRT ON MY BOOTSJON PARDI (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

4 2 29 BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLORKEITH URBAN (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

l5 NEW BACK TO GODREBA MCENTIRE (Rockin’ R/Nash Icon/BMLG)

l6 8 18 IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOWBRETT YOUNG (BMLG)

7 6 7 THINK A LITTLE LESSMICHAEL RAY (Atlantic/WMN)

l8 19 16 ROAD LESS TRAVELEDLAUREN ALAINA (19/Interscope/Mercury/UMGN)

l9 13 19 THE WEEKENDBRANTLEY GILBERT (Valory/BMLG)

l10 12 18 STAR OF THE SHOWTHOMAS RHETT (Valory/BMLG)

11 4 2 FOR HERCHRIS LANE (Big Loud)

12 11 6 BLACKDIERKS BENTLEY (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

13 10 16 A GUY WITH A GIRLBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

14 7 60 TENNESSEE WHISKEYCHRIS STAPLETON (Mercury/UMGN)

15 9 29 MAY WE ALLFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FEAT. TIM MCGRAW (BMLG)

16 14 18 SEEIN’ REDDUSTIN LYNCH (Broken Bow/BBMG)

l17 25 10 HURRICANELUKE COMBS (River House/Thirty Tigers)

18 5 2 YOU LOOK GOODLADY ANTEBELLUM (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

l19 18 20 MAKE YOU MINEHIGH VALLEY (Atlantic/WMN)

l20 21 3 ANY OL’ BARSTOOLJASON ALDEAN (Macon/Broken Bow/BBMG)

l21 NEW KEEP YOUR EYES ON METIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL (Atlantic/AG)

22 15 2 HOLDIN’ HERCHRIS JANSON (Warner Bros./WMN)

l23 RE-ENTRY FASTLUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

24 17 17 KILL A WORDERIC CHURCH FEAT. RHIANNON GIDDENS (EMI Nashville/UMGN)

l25 RE-ENTRY DRINKIN’ TOO MUCHSAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2 1 1 92 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 2 1

l3 NEW 1 LAUREN ALAINA ROAD LESS TRAVELED19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY NASHVILLE 026224/UMGN 3

4 2 2 39 KEITH URBAN RIPCORDHIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 023591*/UMGN 1

l5 3 8 71 THOMAS RHETT TANGLED UPVALORY RT0200A/BMLG 1 2

6 4 7 23 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DIG YOUR ROOTSBMLG 0300* 1

l7 7 — 103 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLOMCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN 2 1

8 5 5 21 JASON ALDEAN THEY DON’T KNOWMACON/BROKEN BOW 2227/BBMG 1

l9 37 37 8 GARTH BROOKS THE ULTIMATE COLLECTIONPEARL 6001 TGEX 1

10 8 14 33 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISECAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1

l11 9 16 78 LUKE BRYAN KILL THE LIGHTSCAPITOL NASHVILLE 022813/UMGN 1 1

l12 11 4 11 MIRNADA LAMBERT THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGSVANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 532305*/SMN 1

13 10 12 66 ERIC CHURCH MR. MISUNDERSTOODEMI NASHVILLE 024200*/UMGN 0 2

14 6 9 37 BLAKE SHELTON IF I’M HONESTWARNER BROS. 555352/WMN 0 1

15 12 21 36 DIERKS BENTLEY BLACKCAPITOL NASHVILLE 024745*/UMGN 1

l16 16 13 35 MAREN MORRIS HEROCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 516885*/SMN 1

l17 14 6 9 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947/SMN 1

l18 19 20 90 KELSEA BALLERINI THE FIRST TIMEBLACK RIVER 2015 0 4

19 13 27 67 BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITSWARNER BROS. 551788/WMN 2

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l23 24 — 105 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMESREPUBLIC NASHVILLE 017773/BMLG (13.98) 2 1

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Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).

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It’s safe to say that few people have a first-concert experience like Florida Geor-gia Line’s Brian Kelley. For starters, that initial show as a fan — a Backstreet Boys homecoming concert at the House of Blues in Orlando, Fla., in February 1998 when Kelley was a sixth grader — was stylin’. His best friend’s parents had rented a limo for their daughter’s birthday, and Kelley was part of a group that might have arrived at the venue in better transportation than the headliners.

“It was nuts,” remembers Kelley of that show. “People were just screaming, hooting and hollering all around.”

Putting an unusual coda on that first concert, Kelley and his FGL partner, Tyler Hubbard, are now linked to Backstreet through “God, Your Mama, and Me,” a collaboration that meshes seven voices and also crosses genres and gen-erations. Just four weeks after BMLG released it to radio via PlayMPE on Jan. 9, it’s already at No. 40 on Hot Country Songs and No. 36 on Country Airplay, numbers that suggest it’s bound to become a hit.

“To have the Backstreet Boys featured on it was some-thing we kind of envisioned in the studio while recording it,” says Hubbard. “To have that come to fruition was amazing. It really, really took that song to the next level.”

It helps that BSB bought into the song right away.“I’m a father of two boys, so I like how the song could have

a double meaning,” says Backstreet’s Kevin Richardson. “You could be talking about your children, or your spouse, or your love interest. I think it’s poetic, and it’s got a great melody.”

Richardson’s interpretation is exactly what the songwrit-ers envisioned when they wrote it on Sept. 18, 2015, in the third-floor office of Josh Kear (“Drunk on a Plane,” “Neon Light”) at Yellow Dog Music in Nashville. Kear’s daughter had turned 6 just weeks before, and he had a father’s un-wavering love in mind when he conceived that phrase, “God, Your Mama, and Me.” Co-writers Gordie Sampson (“Storm Warning,” “Jesus, Take the Wheel”) and Hillary Lindsey (“Blue Ain’t Your Color,” “Dirty Laundry”) were both sold on his title, and they expanded the concept.

“It wasn’t until I tossed the title into the room with Gordie and Hillary and heard them talking about how appropriate that sentiment was for partners, friends, et cetera, that I realized that it was just a great thing to say about any-one you loved,” notes Kear. “Who doesn’t want to be loved unconditionally?”

“Unconditionally,” in fact, becomes as significant a word as the title. It’s functional, for starters, appearing frequently as a rhyming companion to “God, Your Mama, and Me.”

“It’s six syllables, so it just sat in the pocket,” assesses Sampson. “The rhythm of that word was important to the song.”

But it also offers an unspoken depth. It’s one thing to love someone with strings attached; it’s another to offer love without requiring anything in return. “That’s the heart of the message,” says Kelley.

Kear pulled up a programmed beat, while Sampson found some chords on electric guitar, setting the tone for the song’s easy-going, pop-flavored melody and pinging chorus. For contrast, they built in a brief, two-line bridge that un-derscores the singer’s commitment before the song returns to its affirmation: “No one’s gonna love you more than God, your mama and me.”

“In this day and age, a bridge has to be really, really short and not take your eye off the ball too much,” says Sampson.

Kear sounded like Keith Urban when he recorded a vocal over the beats that day. Lindsey added some harmonies, and Sampson worked on the demo for the next week. FGL producer Joey Moi (Chris Lane, Jake Owen) and manager Seth England put it on hold after one listen during a pitch session, then sent it to Hubbard and Tyler, who both found it perfect for their current mind-set. It’s not entirely coincidental that the first single from their album Dig Your Roots

was the similarly themed “H.O.L.Y.”“Love and spiritualism, they go hand in hand,” says Hubbard. “Those songs

don’t come around every day, and when they do, you have to take advantage of it.”Moi programmed a new drum beat and layered instruments on top of it one

by one, starting with Ilya Toshinsky, who added both acoustic guitar and a slinky-sounding electric. Keyboard player Dave Cohen, bassist Jimmie Lee Sloas and steel guitarist Russ Pahl filled out the arrangement, and FGL did several vocal sessions on “God, Your Mama, and Me.” Each time, they lived with the performance, then came back with a mind to beat the previous version. “It was right in Tyler’s wheelhouse,” recalls Moi.

By June 2016, the track was completed as an FGL-only cut and ready to be placed on the album Dig Your Roots, which would be released Aug. 26. “That song was completely done,” notes Moi. “Then the Backstreet Boys thing happened.”

BSB vocalist Nick Carter had become friends with FGL, and he attended its CMA Music Festival set at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on June 11. The duo played him some of its finished songs on the bus, and it was particularly interested in his reaction to “God, Your Mama, and Me.” Carter liked it, and FGL thought about asking him if Backstreet could sing on it. But the pair held back.

“I think we were kind of intimidated, like, ‘Should we just ask them to be on this song? Should we just shoot them an email?’ ” says Kelley. “You can’t be afraid to ever just ask, you know.”

England got in touch on their behalf within days, and after pulling together all five BSB members — Richardson, Carter and A.J. McLean from California; Howie Dorough from Florida; and Brian Littrell from Georgia — Moi pro-duced a vocal session at NightBird Recording Studios in

the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood.“We each went in and took a stab at the second verse,” says Richardson, “and

we’re like, ‘Look, it’s your song. You pick whoever’s voice you think fits the emo-tional tone of the song and whoever delivers it the best.’ ”

Carter sings most of the second verse, McClain and Richardson handle the bridge, and all of them have ad-lib moments. They were, says Moi, mostly self-directed. “They don’t sound like the Backstreet Boys until they’re all singing, and then you’re like, ‘Holy crap, there it is.’ You don’t have to do anything. There it is.”

Several BSB members pushed photos from the studio out to social media during the June 27 session, and it was then that the songwriters had an idea what their creation might become. “When I started hearing from friends about the Backstreet Boys tweeting from the studio and sending me online Billboard coverage about the FGL/Backstreet Boys song, I knew we might have landed on something pretty special,” says Kear. “People seemed to be excited about the combo even before they heard the song.”

After the album’s release, “God” spent two quick weeks on Hot Country Songs, peaking at No. 28 in September, thanks to big digital sales and stream-ing activity. In the process, BSB became the second boy band to hit the coun-try chart by teaming with an established act on a song with “God” in the title. ’N Sync shared a top five single with Alabama for their joint 1999 version of “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You.” “That was a smashola,” enthuses Kelley.

Backstreet Boys were a surprise guest during FGL’s Oct. 13 show in Nashville, where the two acts performed “God, Your Mama, and Me” live for the first time. And it likely won’t be the last. “We’re talking about doing some shows down the line this summer with FGL,” says Richardson.

Meanwhile, the recording is everything Florida Georgia Line hoped for.“It really does sound like how we envisioned,” says Hubbard. “It doesn’t al-

ways work out that way, so you really appreciate the times that it does.”

Backstreet’s Back For Florida Georgia Line’s New Single

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

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While it’s generally the larger-market radio stations than generate media attention and win awards, small-market radio is still alive, well and serving communities across the country. Nowhere is this more evident than at independently owned WEIO in the West Tennessee farming community of Huntingdon.

The call letters bring to mind the children’s song “Old McDonald,” and that’s no accident. PD Kelly Green worked doggedly to convince station owner Jim Freeland of Freeland Broadcasting to take them on seven or eight years ago, matching up with the station’s slogan of “True Country 100.9 the Farm.” Station events like the Barn Bash and Farmerican Idol reinforce the agrarian branding in this dairy and cotton community.

Like many small-market stations, WEIO is sat-ellite-programmed most of the day, but its popular morning program, The Kelly & Ken Show, helmed by Green and Ken Folkes, draws in fans. “If you set the table in the morning, if you give them a reason to get up and listen to the show, a reason to tune in every day, and you can entertain them, you’ll keep them the rest of the day,” says Green. Between the station’s Storq automation system and programming from Westwood One, Green believes “it’s very easy to sound local” in other dayparts.

The 25,000-watt FM station covers about seven counties, according to Green. Folkes says, “We have a real tangible connection with our audience.” That’s likely because their morning show is every bit as entertaining as one that can be found in a major market.

Green and Folkes first began working together in 1993 at KAFX Lufkin, Texas. Green says, “It just clicked immediately. The chemistry happened al-most overnight.” They later moved together to WVSR Charleston, W. Va., and then parted to work in other markets for several years before reteaming at WEIO about four years ago.

Fun benchmark features on their show include a lot of music-based games, as well as Taste Test Tuesday, where they take turns bringing in strange and dis-gusting food items for their partner to try live on the air. An inward-facing GoPro camera that’s strapped to their heads to capture the reaction is just one of the many pieces of video the team captures and shares regularly on its social media channels. Green says Folkes is the team’s video expert.

“Ken’s videography skills are just out of this world with editing and cameras, and he even does a lot of drone work [at station events],” says Green. “That’s an added bonus that a lot of shows don’t really take advantage of. We throw a lot of videos up on YouTube that do very well. It’s one of those things in radio these days that you almost have to have to take that next step with the listener.”

Folkes says most of what they do on the air is “really just silly,” but it reso-nates with listeners eager to be entertained. Green says Folkes generates many of the ideas, including a recent contest called Does Amazon Sell It, in which

listeners had to identify which unusual items on a list can actually be found at the online retailer.

“Ken is the king of coming up with wacky con-tests,” says Green. “We call him the Merv Griffin of radio.” Quips Folkes in response, “I’m also the Merv Griffin of dated references.”

Folkes says some of their on-air banter springs from a tendency to “dig on each other’s failings. I made a contest for Kelly, who is a germaphobe, big time. So we play the germaphobe game where I come up with scenarios like expired milk, would he drink it, and the listener has to guess whether or not he would.”

“I feel like if we’re having fun, the listener is having fun,” says Green.

It’s not just listeners in Huntingdon that have taken notice. Green and Folkes just signed a deal with Music City-based Nashville Hot Country, which will syndicate The Kelly & Ken Show in other markets. That’s likely to give additional exposure to one more silent but important “cast member”: an overalls-clad porcelain doll called Creepy Baby that frequently appears in trade photos after coun-try artists visit the station.

Folkes explains that while he was moving his grandmother to an assisted-living facility a couple of years ago, he came across the doll in a chest of drawers he thought he had emptied while car-rying the chest out to a moving truck. “I opened a drawer, and suddenly there’s this creepy little doll face looking up at me with unblinking eyes,” he says, describing it as having “fierce eyes that look right through your soul.” “I let out a shriek that echoed down the road, so I thought I’d share the creepiness with Kelly. I brought her in [to the station], and she sat on the back of our couch for a long time.”

Eventually, Folkes began inviting visiting art-ists to pose with the doll. “It just became a thing,” he says. “It seemed like every time we let someone hold Creepy Baby in a photo, they ended up in the trades, so that became kind of a good luck charm.”

But not all singers are willing. “It’s funny how many artists are creeped out by it,” says Green. “Some won’t hold it. We almost have to force them.” He recalls with a laugh that the duo Terra Bella not only refused to touch the doll, but also “screeched” every time the morning team would bring it near them. Diamond Rio’s Dana Wil-liams had a different reaction: He couldn’t stop laughing at it.

Folkes is now considering trying to make Creepy Baby into an Internet star by bringing it along on his travels and photographing it Flat Stanley-style.

In the meantime, he’s keeping a close eye on the lifelike doll. “When we make videos in [the studio], in the corner of the screen I always look to see if the doll moves a hand or blinks or turns her head,” he says. “I’m just waiting for that to happen.”

WEIO’s Small-Market Radio Gets A Quirky Boost From... Creepy Baby

THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK phyllis.stark@billboard.com

Green (left) and Folkes with Creepy Baby.

Diamond Rio’s Williams (center) is introduced to the eerie mascot by Folkes (left) and Green.

Artist Lauren Lizabeth and Nine North Records president Larry Pareigis (center) get to know Creepy Baby with Folkes (left) and Green.

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1 1 16 BETTER MAN Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Little Big Town 4764 -28 7.762

l2 4 30 SEEIN’ RED Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 4531 +189 7.225

l3 3 36 SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT RCA Nashville Chris Young Feat. Vince Gill 4529 +157 7.414

4 2 19 STAR OF THE SHOW Valory Thomas Rhett 4503 -89 7.451

l5 7 18 TODAY Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 4067 +229 6.493

6 5 49 IF THE BOOT FITS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 3945 -6 6.266

l7 10 21 DIRT ON MY BOOTS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 3818 +305 5.720

8 6 24 KILL A WORD EMI Nashville Eric Church Feat. Rhiannon Giddens 3810 -35 5.979

l9 9 33 80S MERCEDES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3675 +99 5.780

l10 11 27 THINK A LITTLE LESS Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 3672 +232 5.890

l11 12 10 FAST Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 3427 +122 5.361

l12 13 26 ROAD LESS TRAVELED 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina 3291 +147 4.962

l13 17 11 ANY OL’ BARSTOOL Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 2839 +298 4.476

l14 15 19 YEAH BOY Black River Kelsea Ballerini 2720 +169 4.060

l15 14 27 THE WEEKEND Valory Brantley Gilbert 2706 +19 4.050

l16 18 36 HOMETOWN GIRL MCA Nashville Josh Turner 2574 +162 3.946

17 16 17 BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE Pearl Garth Brooks 2542 -9 3.620

l18 20 6 BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney 2439 +189 3.651

l19 19 14 BLACK Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 2386 +128 3.373

20 21 45 MAKE YOU MINE Atlantic/WEA High Valley 2012 -13 3.201

l21 23 37 HOLDIN’ HER Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 1890 +144 3.062

l22 22 12 WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 1836 +39 2.696

l23 24 31 IF I TOLD YOU Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 1737 +69 2.348

l24 25 27 THERE’S A GIRL 19/Republic/Dot Trent Harmon 1664 +15 2.143

l25 28 3 YOU LOOK GOOD Capitol Nashville HH Most Increased Plays HH Lady Antebellum 1584 +496 2.302

l26 27 5 YOURS IF YOU WANT IT Big Machine Rascal Flatts 1266 +162 1.840

l27 26 19 HOW NOT TO Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 1220 +82 1.672

l28 29 22 HURRICANE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 1145 +99 1.663

l29 33 4 GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME BMLG Florida Georgia Line Feat. Backstreet Boys 1106 +250 1.488

30 30 30 LIPSTICK Wheelhouse Runaway June 1039 -5 1.526

Country Indicator

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 106 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEANAlexandria, La. KRRVAmarillo, Texas KGNCAsheville, N.C. WKSFAtlantic City, N.J. WPURBeaumont, Texas KYKRBeckley, W. Va. WJLSBiloxi, Miss. WZKXBloomington, Ill. WIBLBluefield, W. Va. WHKXBurlington, Vt. WOKOCape Girardeau, Mo. KEZSCharleston, W. Va WKWS WQBECollege Station, Texas KAGGColumbia, Mo. KCLRColumbus, Ga. WKCN WSTH Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQDothan, Ala. WTVYDuluth, Minn. KKCBEau Claire, Wis. WAXXElizabeth City, N.C. WRSFErie, Pa. WTWFEugene, Ore. KKNUEvansville, Ind. WKDQFargo, N.D. KBVB WSTH

Fayetteville, N.C. WKMLFlagstaff, Ariz. KAFFFlint, Mich. WFBEFlorence, Ala. WXFLFlorence, S.C. WEGXFt. Collins, Colo. KUADFt. Smith, Ark. KTCSFrederick, Md. WFREFredericksburg, Va. WFLSGreen Bay, Wis. WNCYHagerstown, Md. WAYZHot Springs, Ark. KQUSHuntington, Ky. WDGGHuntington, W. Va. WTCRIdaho Falls, Idaho KTHKJackson, Miss. WMSI WUSJJanesville, Wis. WJVL Jonesboro, Ark. KDXYJoplin, Mo. KIXQKalamazoo, Mich. WNWNKalispell, Mont. KDBRKingmah, Ariz. KFLGLafayette, Ind. WKOALaredo, Texas KRRGLansing, Mich. WITLLaurel, Miss. WBBN

Lebanon, N.H. WXXKLincoln, Neb KFGELongview, Texas KYKXLubbock, Texas KLLLLufkin, Texas KYKSMason City, Iowa KIAIMedford, Ore. KRWQMeridian, Miss. WOKKMontgomery, Ala. WLWIMorgantown, W. Va. WKKWMuskegon, Mich. WMUSNew London, Conn. WCTYOdessa, Texas KHKXPalm Springs, Calif. KPLMPensacola, Fla. WXBMPeoria, Ill. WXCL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWDRapid City, S.D. KOUTRockford, Ill. WXXQRocky Mount, N.C. WDWGSaginaw, Mich. WCENSt. Cloud, Minn. KZPKSalina, Kan. KYEZSalisbury, Md. WKTTSan Angelo, Texas KGKLSan Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG

Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZSanta Maria, Calif. KSNISheboygan, Wis. WBFMSavannah, Ga. WJCL WUBBShreveport, La. KXKSSioux Cty, Iowa KSUXSouth Bend, Ind. WBYTSpringfield, Ill. WFMBSpringfield, Mo. KTTSTerre Haute, Ind. WTHITopeka, Kan. WIBWTraverse City, Mich. WTCMTupelo, Miss. WWZDUtica, N.Y. WFRGVictor Valley, CA. KATJWaco, Texas WACOWausau, Wis. WDEZWheeling, W. Va. WOVKWilliamsport, Pa. WILQYakima, Wash. KXDDYoungstown, Ohio WQXK WWGYWestwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRYMusic Choice TODAY’S COUNTRYSirius XM THE HIGHWAY

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l31 31 42 OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Red Bow Craig Campbell 1020 +72 1.448

l32 32 15 SOMEBODY ELSE WILL Valory Justin Moore 1007 +94 1.310

l33 35 4 FLATLINER Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 948 +210 1.422

l34 38 4 IT AIN’T MY FAULT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 855 +207 0.921

l35 34 11 DO I MAKE YOU WANNA Mercury Billy Currington 835 +41 0.992

l36 36 16 IF HE AIN’T GONNA LOVE YOU RCA Nashville Jake Owen 772 +63 0.904

l37 39 5 IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW BMLG Brett Young 721 +145 0.925

l38 37 12 OUTTA STYLE BIG Label Aaron Watson 720 +46 0.851

l39 40 20 FOR HER Big Loud Chris Lane 643 +68 0.751

40 41 11 RING ON EVERY FINGER Reviver LoCash 522 -36 0.670

l41 42 19 MY GIRL Curb Dylan Scott 498 +24 0.411

l42 NEW BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH Sam Hunt 476 +476 0.768

l43 43 24 LOVE TRIANGLE Warner Bros./WMN RaeLynn 456 +258 0.557

44 44 13 PUT A LABEL ON IT BMLG Ryan Follese 329 -5 0.380

l45 47 10 THE WAY I TALK Big Loud Morgan Wallen 321 +47 0.350

l46 NEW MY OLD MAN Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR Zac Brown Band 319 +319 0.572

l47 48 8 REBOUND Cold River/New Revolution Drew Baldridge Feat. Emily Weisband 314 +47 0.309

l48 49 11 ME TOO Keith Walker Keith Walker 299 +35 0.342

l49 46 24 ROOTS Stoney Creek Parmalee 298 +18 0.366

50 45 13 ROOM TO BREATHE Red Bow Chase Bryant 276 -41 0.287

l51 54 2 MISSING Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 254 +64 0.586

l52 50 6 DRINKING WITH DOLLY Rebel Engine/Star Farm Stephanie Quayle 247 +14 0.271

l53 51 7 YOU’VE GOT THAT SOMETHIN’ Terra Bella/DAX Terra Bella 235 +11 0.270

l54 52 5 THIS TOWN Steel Tyler Steel 209 +3 0.228

l55 55 3 BOOM BOOM Rebel Engine Lucas Hoge 200 +17 0.218

l56 56 3 TEQUILA EYES Randy Rogers Band/Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers Randy Rogers Band 194 +15 0.164

l57 NEW A GIRL LIKE YOU Mercury Easton Corbin 190 +90 0.220

l58 58 2 MAKIN’ ME LOOK GOOD AGAIN Dot Drake White 174 +19 0.193

59 57 31 WITH YOU I AM CoJo Cody Johnson 164 -14 0.273

l60 60 2 YESTERDAY’S SONG Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 162 +16 0.235

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CHARTS LEGENDRANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 151 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2017, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 106 stations, ranked by total plays.

BULLETSl Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored

station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week.

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first.

RECURRENTSOn Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not still

gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decline in plays after 10 weeks.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively.

MOST ADDEDThe total number of new adds officially reported to Billboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshold (seven plays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/PLAYSMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively.

AIRPOWERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles ranking inside top 20 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience.

BREAKERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.

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ANY OL’ BARSTOOL Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Thompson, D.Ruttan) 14

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BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE I Want To Hold Your Songs, BMI/Dorffmeister Music, BMI/Victoria Shaw Songs, SESAC/All My Soul Music, SESAC/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, ASCAP (K.Blazy, S.Dorff, V.Shaw, K.Williams, G.Brooks) 17

BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/Mighty Seven Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Queen Of Dot Dot Dot, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP (J.T.Harding, A.Mayo, D.L.Murphy) 19

BETTER MAN Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (T.Swift) 4

BLACK Big White Tracks, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Bentley, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 23

BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Osborne, S.McAnally) 21

C

CANDYLAND EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/It’s A Birthday Party Publishing, ASCAP/Rockapop Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP (J.M.Nite, S.Barker-Liles, J.Robbins) 58

D

DIRT ON MY BOOTS EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 9

DO I MAKE YOU WANNA External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (A.Gorley, Z.Crowell, M.Jenkins, J.Flowers) 46

DRINKIN’ PROBLEM WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Jess Carson Publishing Designee, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Vaqueros Galacticos Publishing, BMI/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Songs Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 60

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FAST Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (L.Bryan, R.Clawson, L.Laird) 11

FLATLINER Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Forest For The Trees Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC (C.Swindell, M.Bronleewe, J.Boyer) 35

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

FOR HER Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI (M.Dragstrem, K.Archer, S.Buxton) 42

G

GETTING OVER YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Clemmer Time Music, BMI/Chill N Hustle, BMI/Wixen Music Publishing, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (J.Lee, P.DiGiovanni, B.Anderson) 59

A GIRL LIKE YOU Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI (A.Gorley, J.Frasure, R.Akins) 52

GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, BMI/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Firefly, ASCAP/Dash8 Music, ASCAP (J.Kear, H.Lindsey, G.Sampson) 36

A GUY WITH A GIRL Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Spirit Catalog Holdings, S.a.r.l. (A.Gorley, B.Simpson) 2

H

HOLDIN’ HER Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Eldorotto Music Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Janson, J.Otto) 22

HOMETOWN GIRL Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Diver Dann Music, ASCAP/International Dog Music, BMI (M.Beeson, D.Tashian) 18

HOW NOT TO Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, P.DiGiovanni, K.Bard) 29

HURRICANE 50 Egg, BMI/Straight Dimes, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/Intune Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (L.Combs, T.Phillips, T.Archer) 32

I

IF HE AIN’T GONNA LOVE YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (L.Laird, S.McAnally, C.Stapleton) 41

IF I TOLD YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, S.McAnally) 25

IF THE BOOT FITS Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, M.Tenpenny) 6

IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Brown Hound Publishing, BMI/Kyle Schlienger Productions, ASCAP/Big Spaces Music, BMI/Bootheel Music, BMI/Big Mosquito Music, BMI/Amplified Admin., BMI (B.Young, T.Reeve, K.Schilenger, T.Tomlinson) 38

IT AIN’T MY FAULT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, L.T.Miller) 43

K

KILL A WORD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, L.Dick) 10

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LIPSTICK Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Duchess Music, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hannah Mulholland Publishing, BMI/Hyper Hobby Music, SESAC/Tri Star Sports and Enterainment Group, SESAC/Fabulicious Music, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Music From Riding Songs, BMI/Songs of Colton Entertainment, BMI (J.Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Mulholland, C.Hobby, E. Hoffman, R.L.Howard) 33

LOVE TRIANGLE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/I Take The Bull By The Horns, ASCAP (N.Galyon, J.Robbins, RaeLynn) 34

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MAKE YOU MINE Centricity Music Publishing, ASCAP/Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs, SESAC/2 Hour Songs, SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kickingbird, BMI (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis) 20

MAKIN’ ME LOOK GOOD AGAIN EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Reverend Jack Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixey Bar Music, BMI/Code Six Charles Music, BMI (D.White, M.Criswell, S.Minor) 50

MISSING EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Good The Bad The Ugly Publishing, BMI (R.Akins, M.Green) 49

MOMMA AND JESUS Big Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Get A Load Of This Music, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (T.Beathard, D.Ruttan, J.Singleton) 53

MY GIRL Curb Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP (D.Scott, J.Kerr) 39

MY OLD MAN Not Listed (Not Listed) 26

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OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Full Of Bulls Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Skabetti Bowl Of Songs, SESAC (C.Campbell, D.Turnbull) 27

OUTTA STYLE Tunes From HTK, BMI (A.Watson) 54

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PUT A LABEL ON IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Doing The Write Thing, BMI/3 In The Key, SESAC/Jamie’s Jamz, ASCAP/The Family Business, BMI/Cam I Am Music, BMI (R.K.Follese, A.Follese, J.Follese, K.Follese, C.Montgomery) 56

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REBOUND Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/DrumBum Music, ASCAP (D.Baldridge, E.Weisband, S.Simonton) 57

RING ON EVERY FINGER Big Machine Music, BMI/Big Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI (Thomas Rhett, J.Kear, J.Frasure) 44

ROAD LESS TRAVELED Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/MTrain Music, ASCAP (Lauren Alaina, J.Frasure, M.Trainor) 13

ROOM TO BREATHE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP (C.Bryant, A.Gorley, D.George) 45

ROOTS Big Deal Beats, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/The Wizard of Ahhs, ASCAP/Songs Of Parallel Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP (J.Mullins, B.Stennis, W.B.Bollinger) 40

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SEEIN’ RED Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Is Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Casa Del Amour Music, SESAC/Little Champion Music, ASCAP/Leighalu Music, ASCAP (T.Kennedy, K.Allison, S.Bogard, J.Sever) 3

SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Famlove Songs, BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Sagequinnjude Music, BMI (C.Young, B.Warren, B.Warren) 5

SOMEBODY ELSE WILL Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs For Elle, BMI (K.Archer, A.Hambrick, T.Ottoh) 37

STAR OF THE SHOW EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 1

T

THERE’S A GIRL Big Music Machine, BMI/19 Music Publishing Worldwide, BMI/Trent Harmon Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI (T.Harmon, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 24

THINK A LITTLE LESS EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Country Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (J.M.Nite, Thomas Rhett, Bary Dean, J.Robbins) 8

TODAY New Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (B.Paisley, C.DuBois, A.Gorley) 7

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THE WAY I TALK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Damn Country Music, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Room Recoreds, ASCAP (J.L.Alexander, B.Hayslip, C.McGill) 48

THE WEEKEND Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Lanercost Publishing, ASCAP (B.Gilbert, A.DeRoberts) 15

WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert) 28

WITH YOU I AM Mood Merchant Music, BMI/4 Cow Ranch Songs, BMI/Cojo Country Publishing, ASCAP/ASCAMP, ASCAP/Barns And No Bull Music, ASCAP (D.C.Lee, C.D.Johnson, T.W.Willmon) 51

WOKE UP IN NASHVILLE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Charged Kitsune Music, ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Skull Town Sounds, BMI/Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (S.Ennis, B.Daly, D.H.Hodges) 55

Y

YEAH BOY Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Blue Guitar, BMI (K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, K.Timmer) 16

YESTERDAY’S SONG Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ogden Avenue Publishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Be Barry Quiet, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Martin Music, Inc., ASCAP (H.Hayes, Bary Dean, M.Johnson) 47

YOU LOOK GOOD HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP/7189 Music Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (H.Lindsey, R.Hurd, busbee) 31

YOURS IF YOU WANT IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Morendorffin Music, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (A.Dorff, J.Singleton) 30

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Hot Country Songs Index80S MERCEDES International Dog Music, BMI/

BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/7189 Music Publishing, BMI (M.Morris, busbee) 16

A

ANY OL’ BARSTOOL Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Thompson, D.Ruttan) 18

B

BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE I Want To Hold Your Songs, BMI/Dorffmeister Music, BMI/Victoria Shaw Songs, SESAC/All My Soul Music, SESAC/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, ASCAP (K.Blazy, S.Dorff, V.Shaw, K.Williams, G.Brooks) 33

BACK TO GOD ole, BMI/Big Borassa Music, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI/Burn 1 Baby Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Houser) 25

BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/Mighty Seven Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Queen Of Dot Dot Dot, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP (J.T.Harding, A.Mayo, D.L.Murphy) 30

BETTER MAN Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (T.Swift) 1

BLACK Big White Tracks, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Bentley, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 19

BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Catalog Holdings, S.a.r.l./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP (S.L.Olsen, H.Lindsey, C.Lagerberg) 3

BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Osborne, S.McAnally) 2

D

DIRT ON MY BOOTS EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 4

DIRTY LAUNDRY Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (Z.Crowell, A.Gorley, H.Lindsey) 17

DO I MAKE YOU WANNA External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (A.Gorley, Z.Crowell, M.Jenkins, J.Flowers) 48

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

DRINKIN’ TOO MUCH Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Stuart Hine Trust, PRS/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (S.Hunt, S.McAnally, Z.Crowell, S.K.Hine) 42

F

FAST Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (L.Bryan, R.Clawson, L.Laird) 15

FLATLINER Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Forest For The Trees Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC (C.Swindell, M.Bronleewe, J.Boyer) 41

FOR HER Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI (M.Dragstrem, K.Archer, S.Buxton) 29

G

GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, BMI/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Firefly, ASCAP/Dash8 Music, ASCAP (J.Kear, H.Lindsey, G.Sampson) 40

A GUY WITH A GIRL Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Spirit Catalog Holdings, S.a.r.l. (A.Gorley, B.Simpson) 6

H

HOLDIN’ HER Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Eldorotto Music Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Janson, J.Otto) 27

HOMETOWN GIRL Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Diver Dann Music, ASCAP/International Dog Music, BMI (M.Beeson, D.Tashian) 22

HOW NOT TO Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, P.DiGiovanni, K.Bard) 32

HURRICANE 50 Egg, BMI/Straight Dimes, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/Intune Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (L.Combs, T.Phillips, T.Archer) 24

I

IF I TOLD YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, S.McAnally) 31

IF THE BOOT FITS Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, M.Tenpenny) 14

IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Brown Hound Publishing, BMI/Kyle Schlienger Productions, ASCAP/Big Spaces Music, BMI/Bootheel Music, BMI/Big Mosquito Music, BMI/Amplified Admin., BMI (B.Young, T.Reeve, K.Schilenger, T.Tomlinson) 20

IT AIN’T MY FAULT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, L.T.Miller) 47

K

KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME Sonic Notes, BMI/Maps And Records Music, BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/B Lion Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/G Lion Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.McGraw, F.Hill, S.McAnally, L.McKenna) 44

KILL A WORD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, L.Dick) 11

L

LIPSTICK Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Duchess Music, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hannah Mulholland Publishing, BMI/Hyper Hobby Music, SESAC/Tri Star Sports and Enterainment Group, SESAC/Fabulicious Music, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Music From Riding Songs, BMI/Songs of Colton Entertainment, BMI (J.Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Mulholland, C.Hobby, E. Hoffman, R.L.Howard) 43

LOVE TRIANGLE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/I Take The Bull By The Horns, ASCAP (N.Galyon, J.Robbins, RaeLynn) 38

M

MAKE YOU MINE Centricity Music Publishing, ASCAP/Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs, SESAC/2 Hour Songs, SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kickingbird, BMI (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis) 26

MY GIRL Curb Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP (D.Scott, J.Kerr) 36

MY OLD MAN Not Listed (Not Listed) 49

O

OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Full Of Bulls Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Skabetti Bowl Of Songs, SESAC (C.Campbell, D.Turnbull) 39

R

ROAD LESS TRAVELED Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/MTrain Music, ASCAP (Lauren Alaina, J.Frasure, M.Trainor) 12

ROOTS Big Deal Beats, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/The Wizard of Ahhs, ASCAP/Songs Of Parallel Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP (J.Mullins, B.Stennis, W.B.Bollinger) 50

S

SEEIN’ RED Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Is Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Casa Del Amour Music, SESAC/Little Champion Music, ASCAP/Leighalu Music, ASCAP (T.Kennedy, K.Allison, S.Bogard, J.Sever) 7

SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Famlove Songs, BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Sagequinnjude Music, BMI (C.Young, B.Warren, B.Warren) 10

SOMEBODY ELSE WILL Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs For Elle, BMI (K.Archer, A.Hambrick, T.Ottoh) 45

STAR OF THE SHOW EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 5

T

TENNESSEE WHISKEY Universal Songs Of PolyGram Int., Inc., BMI/EMI Algee, BMI (D.Dillon, Linda Hargrove) 23

THERE’S A GIRL Big Music Machine, BMI/19 Music Publishing Worldwide, BMI/Trent Harmon Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI (T.Harmon, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 35

THINK A LITTLE LESS EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Country Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (J.M.Nite, Thomas Rhett, Bary Dean, J.Robbins) 8

TODAY New Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (B.Paisley, C.DuBois, A.Gorley) 13

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THE WEEKEND Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Lanercost Publishing, ASCAP (B.Gilbert, A.DeRoberts) 9

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 6, 2017 | PAGE 23 OF 23

On Feb. 13, 1971, Lynn Anderson’s Rose Garden, produced by Glenn Sutton (her then-husband), lifted 2-1 on Billboard’s Top Countr y A lbums chart for its f irst of 14 weeks at No. 1. The reign stood as the longest for a female until Sha-nia Twain’s The Woman in Me (29 weeks, 1995-96).

Rose Garden’s Joe South-penned title track (the set’s only single) became Anderson’s first Hot Coun-try Songs leader on Dec. 26, 1970—ruling for five weeks—as well as her biggest crossover hit, climbing to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song also garnered Anderson her lone Grammy Award for best country female country vocal per-formance. (In 1989, dance-pop act Kon Kan’s “I Beg Your Pardon,” which samples “ Rose Garden,” hit No. 15 on the Hot 100.)

A nderson, who was bor n in Grand Forks, N.D., logged 58 Hot Country Songs appearances (1966-89), including five No. 1s, and three Top Countr y A lbums No. 1s. A month before she died from a heart attack on July 30, 2015, at age 67, Anderson released her final album, the faith-based Bridges. —JIM ASKER

46 Years AgoAnderson ‘Rose’ To No. 1In 1971, Rose Garden led Top Country Albums,powered by its hit title cut

Anderson, circa 1971.

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